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TraceyB
@ineeddirection.bsky.social
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Hopeless romantic, rubbish musician, sulky software developer. 1/3 of the @wedigmusic.bsky.social podcast.

Posting semi-regular maudlin hours. Join me and sob along...

MBS, TFC, MBV, AMC, TWP, SMB, UVS, YLT, RHP, JTP, DAD. Not SFM.
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TraceyB @ineeddirection.bsky.social · Oct 20
My Toppermost contribution on American Music Club.
toppermost.bsky.social Toppermost @toppermost.bsky.social · Oct 20
Toppermost #730: American Music Club - a top 10 picked by @ineeddirection.bsky.social ... "melody and instrumentation are important but it’s Mark Eitzel’s voice and the words that provide the emotional hold for me" #80srock #indie www.toppermost.co.uk/american-mus...
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#70sTop30 (unranked)
Day 28

Television - Venus

"I fell sideways laughing..."

youtu.be/dsOYZcP9o-4?...
Venus
YouTube video by Television - Topic
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January 28, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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#70sTop30 (unranked)
Day 27

Tim Buckley - Song to the Siren

"And you sang
Sail to me
Sail to me, let me enfold you
Here I am
Here I am
Waiting to hold you"

youtu.be/vMTEtDBHGY4?...
Tim Buckley - Song to the Siren
YouTube video by SpaceOdyssee0
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January 27, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Reposted by TraceyB
hotchi1idog.bsky.social
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Really enjoyed listening to this band today. Thanks to @wedigmusic.bsky.social for introducing me. You should all like trains now.
A Divorce Before Marriage by I Like Trains on Apple Music
Album · 2016 · 11 Songs
music.apple.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:31 PM
ineeddirection.bsky.social
It's not my finest review but I'll take the 5 seconds of fame. Go buy the album, you won't regret it. Or if you do, it's your fault not mine and get some new ears!
January 26, 2026 at 4:05 PM
ineeddirection.bsky.social
Cut my finger on a dog food tin. Blood everywhere. My phone fingerprint finger now has a plaster on it so i have to enter the pattern each time instead 😭

It's cleaned up fine btw. Tiny cut. Just a disproportionate amount of blood! 😬🩸
January 26, 2026 at 2:13 PM
ineeddirection.bsky.social
#70sTop30 (unranked)
Day 26

Dean Friedman - Song For My Mother

"And how was I to know so young
It wasn't something I had done"

youtu.be/6GijrdAPUPE?...
Song For My Mother
YouTube video by Dean Friedman - Topic
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January 26, 2026 at 9:02 AM
ineeddirection.bsky.social
Nearly fucked that one!

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January 26, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Reposted by TraceyB
thequietus.com
'To adequately convey the big, the only way is to go small. In this case, mortality and Southern existentialism told through the death of a pet.'

Silver Jews – ‘Pet Politics’, from The Natural Bridge (1996) The Strange World of #DavidBerman

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Silver Jews - The Natural Bridge album cover. Mostly abstract shapes in shades of green with a black border and the band's name in white in the top left-hand corner.
January 24, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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#70sTop30 (unranked)
Day 25

Big Star - September Gurls

"December boys got it bad"

youtu.be/BNKSs1J38EA?...
Big Star - September Gurls
YouTube video by edumota
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January 25, 2026 at 11:55 AM
ineeddirection.bsky.social
So close to getting it in 3 today

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January 25, 2026 at 11:17 AM
ineeddirection.bsky.social
The new episode of We Dig Music is out where, according to Colin, I commit pop blasphemy. But they don't give The Fall their proper dues so who's wrong here?
wedigmusic.bsky.social We Dig Music podcast @wedigmusic.bsky.social · 3d
Our new episode is out now! Listen to @killminus.bsky.social @ineeddirection.bsky.social & @newpathstohelicon.bsky.social discuss our favourite songs of 2010 including @iliketrains.co.uk biscuit preferences, relaxing to @merzbow.net, & absolute pop blasphemy from Tracey.

#musicpodcast #bestof2010
January 25, 2026 at 10:41 AM
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@reigningblood.bsky.social #70sTop30 (unranked)
Day 24

Messed up my alphabetical order and meant to post this last week some time...

Nick Drake - Northern Sky

"I never felt magic crazy as this"

youtu.be/BBBkFWXiL9Q?...
Northern Sky
YouTube video by Nick Drake - Topic
youtu.be
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 AM
ineeddirection.bsky.social
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
January 23, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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Wordle 1,679 4/6

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January 23, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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quote post with a gif that has a clue about where you're from
January 23, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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#70sTop30 (unranked)
Day 23

Messed up my alphabetical order and meant to post this at day 11...

Syd Barrett - Late Night

"When I lay still at night
Seeing stars high and light
Then I wanted to be with you"

youtu.be/b9gM-blNvdM?...
Syd Barrett - Late Night
YouTube video by naticobain
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January 23, 2026 at 8:35 AM
ineeddirection.bsky.social
I willingly missed 10 minutes of Traitors for the listening party on Wednesday. That's how good this is...
January 23, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Reposted by TraceyB
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Ecoutez! 😀 @recordsilike.bsky.social @carolinebinnie.bsky.social @glpne73.bsky.social @mikaelqbt.bsky.social @cliveclemens.bsky.social @ineeddirection.bsky.social @alanmuttley1066.bsky.social @francisgllgn.bsky.social @peterf857.bsky.social
rob-o-cop.bsky.social Rob O’Cop @rob-o-cop.bsky.social · 7d
www.mixcloud.com/thesoundFM/i... Wilkommen, bienvenue & welcome to the latest Indiescovery All Around The World Special! 30-something new indie & alternative tracks from 30-something different countries! It's heavy on the shoegaze/ dreampop, with acts from 🇵🇪🇲🇽🇺🇦🇿🇦🇧🇪🇨🇱🇳🇴 & more. Enjoy!
January 22, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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#70sTop30 (unranked)
Day 23

The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner

"I'm in love with Massachusetts"

youtu.be/6ZWoJ8_75Mo?...
The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner
YouTube video by Antonio
youtu.be
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Reposted by TraceyB
assistant.bandcamp.com
Lovely article on David Berman. O my heart.

Here’s ‘Snow’, which is mentioned in the piece but not reproduced.
David Berman’s beautiful poetry collection, Actual Air. Berman’s poem snow, which reads: Snow Walking through a field with my little brother Seth I pointed to a place where kids had made angels in the snow. For some reason, I told him that a troop of angels had been shot and dissolved when they hit the ground. He asked who had shot them and I said a farmer. Then we were on the roof of the lake. The ice looked like a photograph of water. Why he asked. Why did he shoot them. I didn't know where I was going with this. They were on his property, I said. When it's snowing, the outdoors seem like a room. Today I traded hellos with my neighbor. Our voices hung close in the new acoustics. A room with the walls blasted to shreds and falling. We returned to our shoveling, working side by side in silence. But why were they on his property, he asked.
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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thequietus.com
Darran Anderson offers ten points of entry into the inimitable work of David Berman in Silver Jews and Purple Mountains, and as a poet

The Strange World of… #DavidBerman

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Slightly faded colour photograph of David Berman, wearing a western shirt, sitting on the stoop of a house.
January 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Reposted by TraceyB
chartmusictotp.bsky.social
CHART MUSIC #77 PART TWO: A comprehensive breakdown of Tony Blackburn's 1971, Britain's Grooviest Granny, and what Ed Stewart thinks of Hot Pants....
#77 (Pt 2): 27.12.71 – Six Tins Of Batchelors Peas | Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast
David Stubbs, Taylor Parkes and Al Needham commence their expedition into TOTP's 1971 end-of-year review
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January 21, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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January 21, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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#70sTop30 (unranked)
Day 21

John Sebastian - Rainbows All Over Your Blues

"I've been waitin' my time, just to talk to you"

youtu.be/yuxaVfeqTWA?...
Rainbows All over Your Blues (2007 Remaster)
YouTube video by John Sebastian - Topic
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January 21, 2026 at 8:57 AM
ineeddirection.bsky.social
#20SongsByYear

1967
Day 20

The Seeds - The Wind Blows Your Hair

"New day is coming, it's a chance again
Big machines are starting to hum"

youtu.be/rQ5ySbi_RVE?...
the seeds - the wind blows your hair
YouTube video by sandysaysoh
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 9:02 AM